Dhaka, Dec. 2 -- India has rescued and assisted over 150 people, including three Bangladesh nationals, through its combined operations, which are continuing in Sri Lanka following Cyclone Ditwah.

In coordination with the Sri Lankan Air Force, Chetak helicopters from INS Vikrant and MI-17 helicopters of the Indian Air Force conducted extensive rescue operations, airlifting stranded people, including pregnant women, infants and those critically injured.

The rescued people included nationals of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Germany, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Poland, Belarus, Iran, Australia and Pakistan.

"Three of them are Bangladesh nationals," a senior official told UNB on Tuesday.

In the wake of Cyclone Ditwah, which...